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Discoverer

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2 guitars
CHORDS USED:
F#4: x-9-9-11-12-x
E4: x-7-7-9-10-x
E: x-7-9-9-9-x
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
E*: 0-2-2-1-0-x
B: 7-9-9-8-7-7
G: 3-5-5-4-3-3
D: 5-7-7-6-5-5
INTRO
Guitar 1 (riff)
e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
b:9-10-12----14-s-15-s-14-14----14-s-15-s-14-10----9-s-10-s-9-7-|
g:--------------------------------------------------------------|
d:--------------------------------------------------------------|
a:--------------------------------------------------------------|
e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
F#4
VERSE
F#4Hey baby This is not a challenge
It just means that I don't E4love you as much as I always said I didE  
I was F#4wrong I have been laughable wrong
Sandpaper, E4paper maché stock, cobweEb
F#4Oh, the city We are scared now
But E4nananananaE…
F#4Well, I didn't have to be afraid
I didn't have to feel so stupid
E4I can see myself EI can feel...
CHORUS
F#  E* B  
With just the slightest bit of finesse
F#  E* B  
I might have made a little less mess
F#  E*
But it was what it was
Let's all Bget on with it Gnow…...D  
F#4Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer!
GNow....D  
VERSE 2
F#4From the cross-house tent it's where I am
I see the cE4ity rise up tallE  
F#4The opportunities
The possibilities
Well, I have E4never felt so calmE  
F#4Remember, the vodka special night of discovery
Remember that
E4Laughing, discoEvery
Oh how I F#4look back and reflect
E4How I felt it, how I sEaid
I don't F#4have to feel so wrong
Now, why don't you E4take a few steps Eback and grasp...?
CHORUS
F#  E* B  
With just the slightest bit of finesse
F#  E* B  
I might have made a little less mess
F#  E*
But it was what it was
Let's all Bget on with it Gnow…...D  
F#4Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer!
GNow....D  
F#  E* B  
With just the slightest bit of finesse
F#  E* B  
I might have made a little less mess
F#  E*
But it was what it was
Let's all Bget on with it Gnow…...D  
F#4Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer!
GNow....D  
F#4Discover! Discover! Discover!
End on F#4
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